Sean McCarthy (songwriter)

Sean McCarthy (1923–1990), a native of Finuge, County Kerry, Ireland, was an Irish songwriter.

[2] "Poet, author, folklorist and traditional music aficionado" Mattie Lennon wrote a play about the life and works of Sean McCarthy entitled "And All his Songs Were Sad".

[3] It was produced by the Pantagleize Theatre Company in Fort Worth, Texas October 2010.

[4] A festival in honour of McCarthy is held every August in his home village of Finuge.

Finuge has one of the oldest surviving authentic thatched cottages in Ireland, estimated to be at least 300 years old.